Recent content by andy64tms

Sounds like you are living in the USA, I am confused. In any event I would encourage you to seek out Medicaid and have that valve taken care of. 2028 is four years away much too long to wing a heart issue. I have had a profound shock over the last two years with my own heart. I considered myself...

Hi Avik, Thanks for your long haul Covid post from May. I have not posted here for several years, but have just read the entire thread with interest. In May 2019, I too was horrified at the masses of negative news and controversy that perpetuated the news media. When Italy shut down, freezer...

I remember Walt with his black lab. His sound advice always given from his heart. Thank you Walt.

Sorry for not answering your straight forward question, I don't mean to preach. I found out this year that my son has been smoking marijuana for the past 20 years my wife and I are shocked beyond belief, for over that time he has become a monster, and we refer to him as Jackel and Hyde, since...

How about the other side of it? Baseball doesn’t seem to have conflict to remain a smoker. You seem to be in conflict though, with the statement: “Plus the effect on my self-esteem every time I "let myself down" by smoking when I know I shouldn't... " I know this feeling well as my section...

Miller, Baseball, for me smoking had EVERYTHING to do with TMS. This addiction was my lifeline. Later alcohol did the same thing for me. Any kind of substance that covers up deep repressed emotions, or even daily grinding unrepressed emotions, is a complete cover up or Dr Sarno’s “REPRESSION”...

Baseball, How is this for honesty? I wrote this about 50 years after giving up smoking, I was 21 when I stopped, may be this success was the foundation for revealing my TMS issues in the years that followed, I never smoked again and I am now 73...

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM, so do all you can to prepare, its a great distraction, I have been at it for two weeks, get them Coronas!!. Hi Jan

Not posted for ages, I am on Facebook these days away from TMS. We would all do well to read Dylan Thomas right now: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", and give thanks for what we have and have had. I have taken stock and assessed how lucky I am in many ways better off than most during...

Hi Mars Yes, most days I wake up with a severe neck cramp, other days not! I have had a Charlie horse on my neck (a hard muscle mass on the Levitor Scapulae) for over twenty years. I have a good understanding of what is going on both physical and mental. 1. The muscle mass materialized over...

I stand corrected. I actually came upstairs to replace the word "decent" with "available". I saw a program about how people were travelling there to have major surgeries from the States to the World hospital. They even had US doctors travelling there.The US insurance companies were only too...

Hi Dave, (a young man:)) I tried to post this privately but could not.. Your Aortic Stenosis does not sound like a TMS question to me. My wife and I are originally from the UK and I live in Newbury Park near LA, and are both in our 70's. As we have aged we have dealt with the difficulties of...

Hi Steve, I believe the best book you could have is the one you write yourself. I did more journaling about my OCD which was Perfectionism and Frugalalism combination on these subjects than anything else. I went way back to my childhood days and discovered the originations of why I had these...

:) Andy

Ouch you poor thing! Teeth are a perfect place for TMS to mess with our minds. I had to look up: What causes atypical Odontalgia? Atypical odontalgia, also known as atypical facial pain, phantom tooth pain, or neuropathic orofacial pain, is characterized by chronic pain in a tooth or teeth, or...